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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1926)
St. i J it Opens. -2 6sU&&i! ' jet SECTION TWO Society Better ilc:::cj r i Classified v v Pages l ta,8 CLEAN- AND VIGOROUS CEVENTY-FIFTH YEAH SALEM, OREGON; SUNDAY MORNING; FEBRUARY 2U 1926 price five c:;t, Climax in Oregon, Citizens Si ime Lvu. Puts Pimm 1: y D C El raseoY II IS TODAY'S HERD "Setter Boy, Backbone of the Press, Shows ;What He , Is Made of Her. E. TI. Shanks The church officer bad .met to pass rat the names' of those wko were to be canvassed for the sup port of the chttTch. and benevo lence. ra read off the names, .'j and jtie name of rack ' Brinstead Sraa - called. Deacon Brown said, f Well I'd take that name1 OuU f No vnse to call ! on Dickey., He is a ipobr boy; the 'eldest of thre children, and he is only ten years old: Besides bis mother is a . widow; and not very strong. I don't . think -we ought to ask. Dickyt to : give anything." SO Dickey's name was taken oat of the list of those. to be called on Vhen v the officers I went out j on Sunday, to MBit every family, i , - One 'morning Miss Mary Willis jraa nurrylag' down the street to her office work. She, was secre tary to Deacon Brown. At the corner.; she stopped - to buy the morning , paper . Irom the little newsboy v. who t wa( there - every morning. As she paid for the pa per, something seemed to -say to ber, i speak; to the f boy o she aid, "What is yofrTtarae?" I He looked up Lata her face and saw she was- smiling down at him and so he said, "My name's Diekey. "Well nairy that Is fine name. I like It.? ,!: : - V! : 1 "ObI like it an right, toe, Miss, for? lty Is mj very own." , WeIl,.rjlckey, do you go to Bi- .ySChClt-i.iU-.V.,: . V Bible school? Now what' sort ( 4chool 4-hatrrI go to day 'school all ireekvf Bat I never heard about' a Bible school." i , So Miss Mary told him ahout the Bible .school, and that she had a class of -fifteen, boys about: his size ''every Sunday) morning, nd she invited him tpkome too. . "Will yon be iny teacher?" ask ed' Dickey. "J . : "Tes, I'll be your teacher. And I will help you to j get acquainted with the finest bunch of boys you ever saw? said Miss Mary. - "IH be there," said Dicky, and . o 'ho was: .- - For six months: Dickey was a 100 per cent scholar; always on time, had his memory verse, stud 1 led bis lesson and; brought some : thing for the offerings Then one day after lesson as the others fil ed out. Dickey came op to the desk and said: -Miss Mary." I "Tea, Dickey. j "Can't I belong?' MYoa want to Join the church?" So Miss Mary asked him some questions and - felt sure that he was a real little Christian. She : took him to see, the pastor. He asked more ; questions and took Dickey to 1 the , officers . of the church. They . were all satisfied i that Dickey really believed 1 and (Coatiavd s pirje 's.) .1' Divorce Etiquette Book ; Called Urgently Needed - '. . -- : 3 . - f"- , .' " '; -. - . 4 ' I - - ' . .:-h:iAi(:t ; !-.;'!' . Arthur Springer Declares Annoyance at Being Introduced to Woman Who Formerly Called Him! Husband; ' t -1 '. r Requests Increased Consideration j J Arthur Stringer jbfts written the story 6t Tibf expfirtence alter his divorce from Jolynaj Howland. ' ' popular sUg Star. Having many ' 1 mutual friends,1 they often-meet 1 at; todal . functions. ,4 Then; the I .trouble begins I v - f "Sometimes," the- laments, "when X isUnd face to face with ' the woman with whom I lived ten years, I wonder what, behind that smiling mask, she is thinking of i me. As for myself. I feel rather ,4 like a five-storyjbrownstone front t.- will torn 1WST. The woman whd ' knew, and knows me tod irell: may eveni 1 svspect enjoy my discomfiture. ; -i - ome i astute Arbiter of : social usage ought to buoy and channel Vie tangfed-up relationships of us marled couples Iwho Jwtve sep- : arated.ffend compile an additional chanter for-the .Book of Etiquette, definitely instructing the divorcee ::ow to behave in the presence of the divorce. ',. ' " . 1 This novel suggestion Is "made ' r the well-known author ot best 2llers in "As I-took at Ldfe." j "When I glanced do wntho so il troard. iiofra lonr :o. nrr. ringer continues, "and remem red 1 that Jofcjma Just beyond it - f CtO1-J r : : .' ' 1 .1 ....V i 1 ..v'; t 'nI?4-'-''' V,'V" . vtT J s ' - ' , f v - 1 1 gftvx-:-:-:-:-:'K-.vgK - "...vi, n -" 1 VvJ -L" T , !- XV 1 jii. . i I XT--.i v :-v 7.i; ? r-,yy!ii.Jr 1 These photos give a quick summary of the life of George Washington, "father of his country," whose birthday the nation celebrates Monday. He was born in Westmoreland county, Va., Feb. 22, 1732, In the house shown upper left. In 1752 he came Into possession of "Mt. Vernon," shown upper right as it appears today from a plane. In 1759 he married Mrs. Martha Custis (center). In 1781 he forced surrender of Cornwallis at Torktown, (right, below) winning independence of the 13 colonies from Britain, so implanting hfmself in hearts of his countrymen that eight years later he was elected first president. In 1799 he died at Mt. Vernon, and was buried In the tomb shown at left. Cherry Tree Account Hit in Legion Story - (Published first hi the American Legion Weekly.) Jokesters who busy themselves this month with plays on tht Ja mous line, "Father, I cannot tell a lie, will be 'commemorating, knowingly or not, the life of Washington written by the itiner ant preacher and : book peddler. Mason Weems.- Oddly ' enough, however, the author of the cherry tree story, condemned by serious historians as having done almost irreparably much toward making his hero out an intolerable prig. In the telling had him use no such formality of ! address. Per usal ot various editions of Weem's once popular ; biography discloses that, as presented, the youthful George, far from addressing his paternal parent oh that momen tous occasion as "Father" or "Re spected Sire,"; actually called him plain "Pa." i 1 "I cant tell a j He, Pa," runs Parson Weem's version. Hah young George; was: a regular boy, speaking out, under pressure, like a human being, j - What Is the Weems version of the hatchet story, by all odds the best known, longest lived and most famous j anecdote about an American? It is! Bale, perhaps, to say that many know it withbut its full - setting, without the cir cumstances its author advances as having led up to it and that, one must admit somewhat Impaired ' (Continued oi page ) : the Barryraores. had already sat through the story! J '- happened to be telling,-had sat through It at least twenty times,' I realized that the taproot ! of , intimacy could sometimes drink up the moisture of dramatic surprise. But at the end she laughed, with the others. A Newer Order of Things : j "That was generosity ; and something more than generosity. It was a proclamation of the new er order of things.! :. .. " "It , wasnt so ; jong - ago that people had. to slink into divorce about the same - as they used to slink Into a side j street- nickelo deon. The - (unhappy pair were spoken of lh .- whispers, : and, i al though non-combatants, according to. the law, frantic sign .language was usually" resorted to about the festive board to keep the disunited pariahs sufficiently apart that the cutlery might not ! bo misused and murder done. i - . ! . "Bat the j social audacities1 of yesterday can become the Vlctor ianisms of tomorrow. . It Was not realized, in more ' primitive times that there were possibilities in the state of divorce that should be as assiduously cultivated as the pos- - V -life of Washington Told in Pictures - A Pringle Snappy Breezes (Published by the Students of the Pringle Schools) . ""- w : Eva .Lyons. ASStSTAJTT EDITOa Kiber BcoU. REPORTEK8 Agnes Sandlfcr, Primary. Jack Allm, Fifth Grade. IMna Conklin, Sixth Grade. Evelyn M. Coburn, Ktglith Grade. Stop! Look! : . Bead! "The Pringla school Is located i I-..'"'. about 5 miles south of Salem. It is a two-room nodern school with a built-in stage1 and is equipped with electric; lights. Pringle -was named after two families of ; Pringles that took up the first donation lane claim. In the district.' 'One south and One north of the school house. The em oilmen t of th Bthoof if 24 girls and 28 boys, consist Ina of tight grades; but this year we do not have any seyenth grade. First Grade: 1 vAlta McKee en rolled in our school, last Monday. The VOLUME I. Sunday is the time the average reader sits down in an easy chair, and picksytip his paper feeling; that he can read it through for the firsts time in a week. There are few distrac tions. He wants a complete, thorough, local paper, written to fit his needs. We present, again, therefore, the Busy Reader's Newspaper, in which you will find an accurate, brief survey of all important local happenings. In five min utes you can be familiar with the developments of the com munity. f'-'lH- t ";:! 5 ' I--' : v';i r'" Monday, February 15 City council, by clever , manipulation, voted to , buy the Kay Park site, in a special session called five minutes after the nigh t3 regular meeting. The. property will be taken xver immediately.) Stevens and Koon were formally accepted by the council as the engineers to conduct the appraisal of the Salem Water & Powr company property City Council voted to declare the office of city health of ficer vacant nd to put the $1150 of the health fund into the salary -of the full time doctor, "Vernon Douglas. .. Dr. Walter Brown, direc tor! of the child , health "demonstration of Marion county; is also employed, as 'full time doctor at $1 .a : year. John F. TMrari. attnrnpv forstace onerators of Oregon, intimated that if the city of Salem does liot will take the .matter to tne courts. u. u. rergusun, oi iiew berg, through -attorney threatened ;to; sue if -the city, docs not pay a reward of $500 he claims the city owes him.- Two extra police were added to the force to aid in enfoi cement of the top street ordinance.' J " Stockholders of the Oregon Pulp & Paper company auth orized the board of! directors to issue $400,000 sin additional common stock, and in floating $1,000,000 in bonds it needed to finance present plans to double the output of the plant, Cuyler Van Patten w'as awarded contract to construct the new addition to stand at Comercial and Mill streafn and mea sure 137x220 feet, housing additional paper making mach- Paul Wallace prizes ' were awarded to,, winners of - the Latin contest Parrish junior high receiving first, McKinley and Salem high school taking second and third prizes re spectively, ; . I i 'mm y Sha. eomeb from.et. John.' -Luth' eian school of Salem. Anthony Coburn and William Coburn have not been absent nor tardy this ;Te.tr. Second Grade: There ar five pupile In th:s grude. Thiy are learning a poem entitled, "Robin's Jiecret." Third Grade: We have 10 pu pils in this grade. Th-y re mem orizing "The Wind," by Steven-t-on. ' i Fe'.ico. Foster, Joel la Sandifer. George Clark, and Roy Boatwrisht have neither beji absent nr tar dy this year. "'' This grado h:s 1u?t eon rleted a booklet on leather, made the shajv of ai oxford shoe. Fourth Grade: There are fiv pupils in this grader. Theda Mino und Albert Gnrgurlch have neitaer ljeen absent nor tardy this year. We have Just completed learn ing "The Old Flag Forever." and each pupil made a small flag. The yentfro four graces of the Primary department are working (C.ontinnwl on page 4.) Busy Reader's Newspaper Published in the interest of those seeking full and accurate survey , of. week's local developments reduce the license on stages, he HARVARD'S MOTHER IHEBCfO YOUTH Great Mothers of the World Lists Parent of Univer sity's Founder By MARY GREER CONKLIN Evidence points to the conclu sion that William Shakespeare in troduced the mother of John Har vard to Robert Harvard, his fa ther, at Stratford, whence he later took her as a bride to South wart, England, a hundred miles distant at a period when Shakespeare was managing the ' Globe Theatre of S.'.uthwark. Though we have no description of Katherme Rogers w have the following description of The mother of John Harvard'3 friend, Nebemiah Wallington, whom Katherfne Rogers was said to bs like: 3he was very loving and obed ient to her parents, loving and kind to her husband, very tender hearted to her children, much af fecting the sincere preachers of God'a word, loving all that were godiy, much mlsliking the wicked and profane. She was a pattern of sobriety unto many; very seld om was seen abroad except at church; when others recreated themselves on holidays and other times, she would take her needle work and say, 'here is my recrea tion.' She was of fine Inventions for drawing works, and many: a fine and neat piece of work hath she foon dispatched, she would so apply to it; besides a very good judgment in setting out work In colors, either for birds or flowers. God had given her a pregnant wit and an excellent memory. She was rife and perfect in all the stbr lea t the martyrs, "and could readily turn to them; she was also pTtect and well seen In the Eng lish Chronicles, and in the Des cents of the Kings of England. STne lived in holy wedlock with the husband of her youth twenty years wanting but four days." On the principle of the proverb that "one good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters," we can know that John Harvard had a particularly fortunate childhood. From the reliable document, his mother's last will and testament, we glean that Sshe was a woman of fclneere and simple piety with an abidU g affection for her child ren. "I bequeath! my soul, she said, "into the -merciful hands of my dear redeemer Jesus Christ, as my f rust and hope Is, Will preserve rr.e to His heavenly kingdom." John Harvard was also blessed with brothers and sisters. When he was born he had a half-sister Mary, in her seventh year, and a brother Robert. Two years later another brother Thomas, and later another sister, Katherlne, came to (Con tinned en nare 8.) Tuesday, Busy as Monday had thrills. The day started out quietly enough. Five persons ar rested for selling smokes to a new crusade to end smoking "Stop' signs were painted es to Commercial street, in response to complaints by motor ists that signs on posts could Building for the month of February received a substan tial boost when permits were taken out representing invest- ments amounting to $zd,&uu. tu jvenneay win erect a two-storv and a one story building, at 1241-45 State street, cost $18,000. , W. A. Bond will cbnstrnct two orie-story dwell ings at 135 South Twenty-fourth streets, and 360 Lefelle street, cost of each $3000.: A. J. Flmfs residence will cost $2800. . m 1 . : 5 : The riav's news would have run about lilce this, v ere it riot for the incendiary fire started by tonvict matches 3n;the Penitentiary Flax Plant at about 4 o'ciock.af Slight damage was done, the fire being praetically -extinguished by the time city equipment arrived. Two convicts were placed in the bull pen. 1 A good story, but At; 5:15 reporters wete laughing with guards about their Tnucn neraiaedmarKman ship. One' "stated ! that everal men were putting four out of five shots in a four inch bull at 100, yards. That was At 6:15. the same reporters had filed withlhcAssociated Press the fact that guards firing 15 shots had knocked down nine "men in a penitentiary in this way. At 5 :45 o'clock : reporters returned to the Statesman office, from covering the fire story. At :03, a tip came that the prisoners had rioted, and shots had keen fired. A flash was sent across the "A; P. "wires." At 6H5, reporters had gone again to the penitentiary, approximately two miles awav. one had returned and sent the first accurate account to member papers on time, mechanical men had laid out three pages lor an ex City Rallies to Support 61 Debaters as Nationwide Pu1)Hcity Sfibws Llerit Comparative Scores of -to Unhold Refutation try Turn Towards Oregonian Finds News in Details From East (Reprinted From the Oregonian) Twenty-four students will con stitute the squad for the Oregon debate. " During this month the fi nal trial debates will take plarc and the 12 best debaters win be selected. As there are six parts, ; two debaters will be appointed to prepare each speech. Six of the 12 will represent this city in the debate as well as two of the six alternates. Announcement of the six suc cessful candidates forthe trip to Oregon wiH probably be made at the meeting of the Philomatheon Debating club to be held Febru ary 26. The eastern team has . a re markably fine record. The Phil omatheon Debating society was founded in 1909. At that time only boys wore eligible for mem bership. In 1920 and 1921 the school participated In four de bates and was defeated in all. In October. 1921. with a mem bership of eight and a bank ac count of S3. Mr. Barry and Miss Shorten took over the reins of the society. They also admitted girls into -the clnb. Meetings Were held weekly and a system atic course cf training was ar ranged. 1, Notwithstanding all this, the next two debates although hard fought, were lost. The 1922 team broke the string of consecutive defeats and scored victories over Holyoke and Lowell. The following year the Amherst Agricultural college freshmen were encountered and defeated in the first encounter of the season. Lowell was again defeated and the Troy, (N. Y) high school, one of the highest ranking New York high schools, was met In a dual debate Salem winning In both eft les. r Visits to Rutland, Vt., New Lon don, Conn., and Brattleboro, Vt.. were attended by victories for the Salem team, and the season was ended with a unanimous decision Over Beverly, Mass. This winning of eight consecu tive victories in one season estab lished a new record among New England high schools. ' Salem's greatest team opened the season of 1924 auspiciously fContinnpd on pugg 4.) the NUMBER 7 February 16 been Tuesday held unexpected minors were fined $10 each in by youths. . on the Ferry street approach not be seen. . !' ' A nothing outstandings t sitting in the -turnkey's office dining room riot. It rxretrrred the Associated Press. - By this of Spring Trip to High School Speakers of City Asrainst Trip Recalling Ancient 1 SALEM'S SCORES HERE Record of Salem, Oregon, debaters is shown in the fol lowing summary o.f the past three years' work., f ' " Teams have entered 2 3 de bates, j winning 19 and losing only 4. " . ' - -v - " -' '- Ttecord of points scored by years follow: Salem 6 (dual) Stayton 0. Salem 4 (dual) Dallas 2. Salem 4 (dual) Albany; 2. ' Salem 2 (single) Eugene 1. Salem 2 (single): Warren ton 1. Salem 2 (single) Ashland 1. Salem1 2 (single). Union 0. (Thereby winning State championship for 1924. j-. 'I' ' toss ;j4.iiv-:: Salem 6 (dual) -Silverton . Salem 4 (dual) rTranklin 2 Salem 4 (dnal) Falls City 2. Salem 4 (triangle) Albany, Woodburn 2. . ; T ! Salem 1 1 (single) Tilla mook 2. , Salem 4 (dual) Woodburn 2. ' ' Saleni" "4 ( triangle ) Albany,' Dallas. 2.' Salem Total 56. Opponents Total 1 19. Salem ; won state champlon Ships 1915. 1918, 1921, 1924. Running Bell, Son cf Chief Crow Feathers,! began Dancing When 2 . GLACIER PARK, Mont. Run ning Bell, fite years of age, of the Glacier National Park - reserva tion, Is the "Jackie ICoogan" of American Indians. ; lie has been before the public eye three years. having, appeared in -moving pic- tares when a babe in. arms.' Running Bell has been dancing in -public since he was two years old. He wears the complete buck skin and feathered regalia of the mature Indian and presents a cute picture. v (Continued ok pace 8.) ' a i m i 1 ; Tk 1 iiiiiia.. is 'jackie ioir Arthur JsrisDane uutiines What Makes a Newswrite: 'The Newspaperman Blast Stand on What He Did Yesterday; I Like a Leghorn Hen, He is Judged by the .Esss He Laid This Week; Kot Last Year UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, Eugene, Feb. 20. -(Special) 4-A year ago Raymond t. Lawrence, then a graduate Student, now an Instructor,. ' in . the '.University ; of Oregon School of Journalism, sent to Arthur Brisbane, as to S00 oth er leaders in American journalism a questionnaire seeking i opinions on the best preparation for Journ alism and for Information 'regard tag the rewards In the various de partments of the -profession. J A few days ago came the reply from Mr. Brisbane, In the form ' of a brief note and cutting of one; of his editorials ; printed in the Hearst "dailies, of which he Is editor-in-chief. , ; . -j ' ' : 1 ."YoOr letter was mislaid," Mr. Brisbane Writes, "and I have just dictated,' io the Edison phono graph, this note to you and the article enclosed, on the train ' on the way back from California. The editorial, in part, as it ap peared February 9, under the title "A ,-Good - Newspaper A Man Of What Material is lie MadeT".fol lows: - . "Mr. Raymond D. Lawrence, studying Journal!? ra at the Univer- tchtrait To SKow Ability of Tczva bmere; Eyes of Ccun- Rivalry for Name. Boston American Sees. i'Story' in Com;r.g Gd V-.-'- - i - - : m - Sparks to Fly "When Salem 5Iet t -i - j Salem (lCcprinied -fretB the XAtenrr Piffpst.) A novel and picturesque rivalr; has .drawn two Widely separate! Sale ma together, and next May their champions will meet in an unprecedented tournament of wits. Unprecedented, that 13, not ia kind, 'but La the circumstance ? surrounding t h e rivalry. Of course there are many Salems c-i the map, especially if you incluJj Salem on the Tirumanimuttsr ri ver. In the province ot Madras India. - At least - seven cf the world's Salems are In the Unite I States. For the purposes of thia history we may tiisregard the Sa lems in Illinois, New Jersey, North Carolina Ohio and Virginia, ar I fasten our. attention on the histor ic Salem in Massachusetts and U hustling Salem t In Oregon, for they are the rivals now prepariz.T to lock horns in vigorous corn bat. Whereof the circumstances arc thus set forth in the Boston Amer ican: . i No'one ln authority at ILe City Hall In-Salem, Mass., was able t ; recall yesterday the phraseolosr of the letter which .tame sever: ! years- ago to the Witch City fro: i the capital of the state of Ores::-, but everybody remembered ti e gist of it- : . -. ' "Please." Implored the Oregon Salem to the Massachusetts r.ilc: , "please get yourself another nan. a and leave 'Salem to be be r no ty a more nrogressive town." The letter from the western capital implied, that the Puritan Salem had. been sleeping 1( 3 years, that it attracts the curious only as Pompeii attracts tf.er that It j lacks grit and gunijti . and is living In and upon its ran. Which, coming from a city c! 17,679 people to a historic com munity three times as large, w- , to say the least, a startling, if n:t modest; petition. The birthplace of Timothy Pick ering and Nathaniel Hawthorn , the city which makes claim to I -Ing the scene of the "first ar::. 1 resistance to royal authority," i i the year 1775, might have n ;i something sharp in reply, but wi-e old Salem, recognizing the 't-j';-liclty" touch of the expert secre tary of an enterprising charnlcr of commerce, refused to nibblo. Other Salems the Oregon re- : (Continued oa pr 4.) sity Of Oregon, asks: What kir i of men are "successful in journal ism, and why are they successful? "He can 'get a very good answer from Professor E. W. Allen, dean, of the School of Journalism, z.. the UniTersity of Oregon. "A good newspaper man Is cr : who can SEE A THING CLEAR LY AND DESCRIBE IT SI.MPI.V. "This refers to the editorlr.1 de partment. "Inithe business or advert! : department he la the man t can Inspire confidence, tell truth forcibly and plainly, stop talking after he has t: ENOUGH. t1; "The best kind of n: man, and a rare kind, is can retain through tLa : capacity to feel inter.: press Intense feeliz ttr; writlngs. "A young tUTf;:oTt Cu-'i leg for the first tin a tA; eration intensely. " La.:r, It not: at all r . 1 t' t r a BCTTZr. E-r: : .;. ' "Th.3 jazzz i . :: ",
